Wapwallopen is an unincorporated community in
Conyngham Township,
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Luzerne County is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and is water. It is Northeaste ...
, United States.
It is named for a
Lenni Lenape
The Lenape (, , ; ), also called the Lenni Lenape and Delaware people, are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, who live in the United States and Canada.
The Lenape's historical territory included present-day northeastern Del ...
settlement that was established where
Big Wapwallopen Creek feeds into the
Susquehanna River
The Susquehanna River ( ; Unami language, Lenape: ) is a major river located in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, crossing three lower Northeastern United States, Northeast states (New York, Pennsylvani ...
. The name derives from
Lenape
The Lenape (, , ; ), also called the Lenni Lenape and Delaware people, are an Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands, Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, who live in the United States and Canada.
The Lenape's historica ...
''òphalahpink'' 'place of white
wild hemp'.
passes through the settlement.
File:Pennsylvania Route 239 in Wapwallopen.JPG, Pennsylvania Route 239 in Wapwallopen
References
External links
Wapwallopen.com
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Pennsylvania populated places on the Susquehanna River
Unincorporated communities in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania